This modern take on the boating song genre emphasizes crisp articulation over the typical legato style of older barcarolles. The piece relies on light, flowing patterns to suggest movement.
Maintain clean fingerwork in the rapid sixteenth-note patterns throughout the main section.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Boating Song (Op.24 No.3) is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Boating Song (Op.24 No.3) lasts about 3 minutes.
Boating Song (Op.24 No.3) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Boating Song by Sydney N. Lagatree, Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin, Waltz in D-flat major, No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.